Animal Defenders International (ADI) has released video evidence of the company who appears to have the rights to Rose-Tu’s baby, Have Trunk Will Travel (HTWT), beating their elephants with bullhooks and shocking them with stun guns. ADI is sending a message to Kim Smith, ex-officio Director at the Oregon Zoo, calling on the zoo to rescind this agreement.
A portion of the video, which was shot by an ADI investigator working for HTWT, can be viewed at:
http://www.ad-international.org/media_centre/go.php?id=2128
(High resolution VNR footage available upon request. )
The footage shows scenes of elephants being abused and crying out in pain. Gary and Kari Johnson, owners of Have Trunk Will Travel, have insisted that they stand by their training methods. video is Tucker.
Animal Defenders International (ADI) is leading the campaign to end the suffering of animals in entertainment and currently has major campaigns running in Europe, South America and the USA. With offices in Los Angeles, London and Bogota, ADI campaigns across the globe on animals in entertainment, providing technical advice to governments, securing progressive animal protection legislation, drafting regulations and rescuing animals in distress.
For more information: http://www.ad-international.org
